Vulnerability CVE-2009-3129
Published: 2009-11-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Office Excel Viewer SP1 and SP2; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset, aka "Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Compatibility pack word excel powerpoint 
Microsoft -> Excel 
Microsoft -> Excel viewer 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Open xml file format converter 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0080.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=832
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14706
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36945
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023157
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-083
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-067
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6521
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